SEOUL, Sep. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – C-JeS Entertainment announced on September 16 that the fans of Park Yoo-chun, a member of its Korean boy group JYJ, opened a library on Heuksan Island in South Jeolla Province. His fan club, “Blessing Yoo-chun,” built the second library named after the heartthrob to celebrate the fourth anniversary of the [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – Korean members of “Running Man,” one of the most popular South Korean TV variety shows, are meeting Chinese members of “Run, Brother,” a Chinese version of Running Man, in Jeju island, creating online buzz about the episode among avid fans from Korea and China. The location for this episode, [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 15 (Korea Bizwire) - Lee Jong-suk, a Korean actor who has starred in many hit dramas and films such as “School 2013,” “I can hear your voice,” and “The face,” has received a uniquely “green” birthday present on September 14 from his fans around the world. His fan clubs from Korea, China, Taiwan and Hong [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – A movie poster starring Sulli, a member of famous K-pop girl group f(x), has been released. Sulli or Choi Jin-ri in her real name will play Gwak Eun-jin, one of the main roles in this popular webtoon-based film “Paeshyeonwang” (Fashion King). Gwak is a bookworm or a grinder who always [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – In Korea, public responses to so called ‘airport fashion’ dressed by K-pop idols are a good measure of their popularity. When Korean celebrities go overseas and come back home, they tend to take a good care of their fashion styles. This time, Tiffany’s airport fashion is on the spotlight, [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Rumor has it that Jessica, a member of K-pop girl group Girls’ Generation, and Tylor Kwon, Korean-American investment banker, will get married soon. According to a Chinese media on Sept. 10, Jessica has a boyfriend dating for a year and recently she received an engagement ring from him, Tylor [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Seungri, a member of Korean popular boy group Big Bang, had a car accident around 3:30 a.m. on Friday in Korea. He was on his way back home after a launching party for Nonagon, a fashion collaboration brand made by YG Entertainment and Cheil Industries. It was reported that Seungri [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – T-ara released its new music video of the title track Sugar Free on its official Facebook and YouTube on September 10. The group shows club girl styles in the video. The girls’ first foray into the world of big room, a kind of electronic dance music genre which [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Learning Korean craze expands across America. According to the Korean Education Center (KEC) in New York, which opened the Korean Language Institutes during the weekend across America starting September 6, a rising number of U.S. citizens have enrolled in the weekend classes to learn more about Korea. The weekend [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – A government official flying over from Singapore won the top prize on ‘Quiz on Korea,’ a quiz show in which foreigners around the world compete against one another about facts or knowledge relating to Korea. Cohosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) and the Korean Broadcasting System (KBS), the [...]